giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.139.0
7 pg
…L. Giuffre,
Plaintiff, Case No.: 15-cv-07433-RWS
v.
Ghislaine Maxwell,
Defendant.
________________________________/
PLAINTIFF, VIRGINIA GIUFFRE’S REDACTED BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE
PRIVILEGE CLAIMED FOR HER IN CAMERA SUBMISSION
Plaintiff Virginia L. Giuffre, by…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.363.11
40 pg
…The two lawyers alleged that Dershowitz defamed them when he claimed
that they knowingly filed a lawsuit containing falsehoods about him or at least failed to
properly investigate their client’s allegations that Dershowitz had sexual relations with her
when…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.130.0
5 pg
…which Ms. Maxwell is a target.
First, Plaintiff claimed that the documents were protected by a non-existent “investigative
privilege.” When Ms. Maxwell demonstrated that the “investigative privilege” does not exist,
Plaintiff threw up the inapplicable “public interest” privilege, the…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.205.0
7 pg
…643, 645 (2d Cir.2009) (movant had standing to
challenge subpoena to itself and its attorneys because it claimed privilege in the material sought).
Here, the Court clearly should grant a protective order barring disclosure of all of Ms.
Giuffre…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.135.0
37 pg
…26, 2016,,. Plaintif f fi led the ins tant motio n to
compel Defendant to respond to interrogatories to which
Defendant has claimed the protection of the attorney-client,
attorney -cl ie nt-ag ent , and common interest privileges. Oral…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.408.0
13 pg
…5), while simultaneously submitting 14,825 pages of relevant materials under seal to the
Court. The Government claimed that these pages were “privileged” for various reasons,
attaching an abbreviated privilege log.
8. While these discovery issues were pending, in the…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.148.0
9 pg
…Plaintiff has been attempting to dodge the production of these documents for months.
First, Plaintiff claimed that the documents were protected by a non-existent “investigative
privilege.” When Ms. Maxwell demonstrated that the “investigative privilege” did not exist,
Plaintiff threw…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.944.0
11 pg
…Miami
Herald claims to practice. Indeed none of the descriptions of alleged sexual activities or
unsupported claims of sex with nonparties would be relevant to the Herald’s claimed
investigation of a “cross-border sex-trafficking ring,” Mot. to Unseal…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.207.0
7 pg
…643, 645 (2d Cir.2009) (movant had standing to
challenge subpoena to itself and its attorneys because it claimed privilege in the material sought).
Here, the Court clearly should grant a protective order barring disclosure of all of Ms.
Giuffre…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.28
32 pg
…cross examination, not one. Any standard of
truth and were used for those who claimed they were victims to receive financial
payment to be shared between them and their lawyers. One firm created and sold
fake cases against Mr. Epstein…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1106.0_2
6 pg
…happened.
Dershowitz can only do this by offering evidence to the jury that the specific acts of alleged
trafficking claimed by Giuffre with the individuals she has affirmatively placed at issue never
Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1206.13
22 pg
…jury subpoena enforced through an ex parte
proceeding before
. Although the government claimed not to know what was in
file and that had no role in instigating the investigation of
Maxwell, both of these representations to were false.
In turn…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1219.30
16 pg
…in defamation action against Walter
Clemens, denying disclosure of sensitive and personal financial information, claimed to be
related only to issue of punitive damages, as premature before dispositive motions).
In circumstances such as these, the procedure followed in a similarly…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1073.0
22 pg
…contents. By way of example, in DE 203 at page 5, Plaintiff’s counsel claimed that Doe
1
citing DE 204-3 at 36-41. In fact, Doe 1 testified in excerpts that were not attached to
pleadings that
Ex…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1332.17
13 pg
…More importantly, the dozens of non-parties who provided highly
confidential information relating to their own stories provided that information in
reliance on the Protective Order and the understanding that it would continue to
protect everything it claimed it would. …
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1256.12
32 pg
…other
employees of” Ms. Maxwell or Jeffrey Epstein. Plaintiff claimed as to her Rule 26 disclosures
that “only a fraction of those individuals will actually be witnesses in this case, and as discovery
progresses, the list will be further narrowed…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1259.0
17 pg
…sealing.” Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger &
Grossmann LLP, 814 F.3d 132, 136 (2d Cir. 2016). The claimed compelling reasons must be
supported by specific factual findings. United States v. Erie Cty., 763 F.3d 235, 236 (2d Cir. 2014)…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1332.3
21 pg
…Privilege.
1. Defendant Waived Attorney-Client Privilege by Placing
Communications with Her Attorney at Issue.
Earlier in this case, Defendant claimed attorney-client privilege over her email
communications with Barden. And earlier in this case, this Court uphe…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1335.5
12 pg
…June 20, 2016, Order directing Defendant to turn over
documents that she improperly claimed as “privileged,” Defendant redacted the public version of
the Order to erase all reference to her extensive communications with her boyfriend, convicted
pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. While…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1149.0
18 pg
…at least one
press source claimed to “crack” the redactions to identify witnesses and potential testimony by or
3
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926590153/jeffrey-epstein-update-read-the-deposition-that-
ghislaine-maxwell-fought-to-hide
4…